NZXT Axe Man

[Constrator]

I did this painting for NZXT gaming case. www.nzxt.com. This was done last year and finally decided to post. It was a huge piece and I cropped it (to only area that I liked). I used Max, PS and Painter. C&C are welcome.

http://www.edleeart.com/images/nzxt.jpg
Ed--

[Brutillus]

holy crap!
the colors and detail and everything is kicking my ass!
great pic. :teeth:

[max-cant]

smokin

thats really nice man - i like the ghostly knights behind him best - great transparent look.

nice magma
id assume anything with that on the cover must be worth buying :-)

groovey

[kingrobot]

blimey! that man has a huge chopper!

fantastic.

[sjoerd]

omg wicked, like the "it all looks like glass" in the background :)

Can you tell me, why you did that? just for esthetix reasons, or ar the people in the background ghosts,...?

[Svarthammer]

Very beautiful and impressing, congratulation!

Perfect the way you draw the attension towards the centre of the picture where you show perfect details and great use of light. Amazing colors!
Those hands on your knight are just to good, love them!

Some small stuff:

The atmosphere on the moon could maybe be less homogene on the dark side and it is on top of the spears?
The letter “N” on the flag, maybe just make it a flag with no letter as it colide a bit with the fantastic axe imho.
The right foot, would love to see that as well, is it sunk down in the ground?
The light halo on the shaft of the sword could bulge a bit over every string of leather to add readability?
The fur on the shoulder could be more “furish”?

But again there is nothing wrong with this masterpiece, think your custumer must be very happy!

[chukw]

Bitchin'! I'd add that the hanging hook is too dead-still and vertical- it needs some motion! Also, while the axe is beautiful, it's also very diagrammatic- like a design element rather than a three-dimensional object. A little rotation goes a long way. Pretty awesome painting all around- cheers!

[dadamafia]

damn thats nice

[strych9ine]

That ghost army in the background is working so well, dude. Awesome pic.

[demeter_luna]

Awesome detailing and the colors realy add alot to this pic :bashful:

[Skelepimp]

Hmmm...

One question.. Why did you call this piece "Axe Man" ?


..... :dur: :perv:

Just kidding.. This piece really rocks!!! Thanks for sharing. :}

[EVIL]

Got more awsome pieces hidden from us all that you made last year?

friggin sick, I dig it!

[Main Loop]

you have some great stuff on your website as well.. i hope everyone here takes the time to look through it

[Abra]

:jawdrop: Great peice! love the colors!!

-Abra

[Feng]

Hey Ed,

nice painting man! I saw that Ad in a gaming magazine recently....except it was super widescreen. I love the small details in his armor...and that crazy expression on his face.

cool stuff. :bounce:

-feng

[JoshuaTheJames]

Ahh Ed Lee. Back from the Dead! :teeth:

Hardcore piece dude.


-JtJ

[Kenny_Callicutt]

>inspiration foldered.

[Francis]

Beautiful piece sir.

[scottg]

How did you get such brilliant colors???? Just awsome work!! :yayca:

[USER777]

beautiful colors and composition. the character in the front looks great.

only crit i have: his axe looks a bit flat and the edges look kinda strange. other than that. great work!

[Rodneydollah]

Hey Ed, nice to see you posting again, to bad about CDF huh? I see you made some minor adjustments to da moon, looks a lot better. –Rod

[erb]

Flippin' Sweet

[AdamBlack]

Absolutely gorgeous. I love the mood of this piece.

Any way someone can talk you into showing how you did this? I'd love to learn how to apply some 'puter paints to one of my own images:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v618/adamblack/elite.jpg

as that's the kind of mood I was thinking of when I drew that.

(Oh, and my axe is bigger than yours...) ;)

Adam

[Bomba]

Ed,

It's great to see you post here. I saw your work a couple of years ago and really enjoy your style. Hope to see you around here more often and raging picture you've got! No suprise and no crits to offer,
-Jason-

[Dougbot]

Ed, nice work man. I don't get to see your stuff like I used too :( So it's nice to see you post here. You should show some of the GW stuff if you're allowed. Great work.

[mecos]

it's an incredible image. the only thing that bothers me is the two repeating soldiers in the background - but it's not a big deal though, it's still a great image.

[ray]

looks awesome dude :D....and the ad look great too..saw it in a gaming magazine

[carlo]

I love how the light on the moon and the light on the army in the lower light frame that EPIC axe. Great job again Ed.

[Pavel Sokov]

this is br0000tal, amazing, i just wish the knight was more evil

[Dryfire]

Man, your still my hero.

[pyros]

I like it very much, I only see a little strange the axe and the leg forward,but it´s a very amazing work, very atmosferic

[Hanuka]

i'm impressed. would you mind showing us the complete widescreen version? :)

[hawkprey]

Wow.....pretty damn astounding work! gasp.

There are too many good parts for me to mention but I love the metal on the axe and the little peice of drippy lava at the bottom.

This is TIGHT!

[Red_Rook]

o dammmnnnnnnnn :x :tihi:

*passes out*

thats so awesome

[Anotsu]

I really like the ghost army behind the axeman. Been checking out your website mate, really amazing stuff. Keep up the good work. ;)

[Constrator]

I'm finally replying as I have been in Germany for the last 3 weeks. The town I was in......can you say Band of Brothers?....it hasn't changed much since WWII except for fashion and cars. Yikes.....

Anyway, thanks to all those who have replied who gave me some good crits and compliments.

Here's a hi-rez version if anybody cares.

NZXT Axeman hi-rez (http://www.edleeart.com/images/nzxt_21d.jpg)

The version is not the final, final....I have since touched up the painting, especially the moon and the foreground lava area.

Ed--

[Sanby]

O my God, that is incredible. It is amazingly detailed. The high rez is awesome, but I am not a fan of his eyes. They are really noticeable in the highrez, and I found I was staring at them, because they are kinda small IMO so for that reason, I think, he looks really scared or geeky or sumthin. I don't think that fits with his badassedness.

Sanby